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backstop

English

  1. 🔊 a precaution in case of an emergency
    “he acted as a backstop in case anything went wrong”
  2. 🔊 (baseball) a fence or screen (as behind home plate) to prevent the ball from traveling out of the playing field
  3. 🔊 (baseball) the person who plays the position of catcher
  4. 🔊 act as a backstop

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